The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-01
FLORIDA.

fLORlDA.
Douglass & Towne of Kissimmee unloaded
the last load of machinery for the ST. Cloud
sugar mill and took it over to st. Cloud
Thursday afternoon.
I The rumor that there is yellow fever in
Pasco county is false. The county has a
strict quarantine. 1t is healthy and Dade
Cityis IN good sanitary condition.
At Pensacola. Saturday night, City Mar
shall Roberts and President Chipey ralded
! Goldstauker's gambling den, arresting the
/ inmates and capturing all the implements,
of which they made bonfires
There are two cigar factories at Lake
! City, both behind their orders, showing
| what persistence and patience will do. Dir.
| Noodle will bring from Kentucky and North
| Carolina skilled labor for another season.
! Wednesday a steam launch about thirty
| five feet long, arrived in kissimmee from
| Norfolk, Va. and is now being unloaded and
| put in the water at Okeechobee wharf. 1t
| is to be used as a passenger boat on the
Hillsborough river.
! At Orlando Saturday Marshal Pickett
sold four head of cattle that were i'm
pounded several days ago The city real
lied Sll. One of the number sold belonged
10 the Mayor and another one impOunded
belonged 10 "a member of the Council.
A convention, by agreement, is to be held
at Umatilla on Nov. s for the purpose of
nominating a candidate on the east side Of
the lakes for county seat of Lake county,
Leesburg being the candidate for the west
side This will put but two contestants in
the field.
Another proof of the great fertility and
productiveneSs of Florida sand was brought
to the Orlando Record office Saturday by
J. r. Aud, of Orlando. He planted thirty
five rows Of 100 feet each in length with
NOT
amounts to IA bushels of fine ones.
At St Augustine, Sunday morning. Ben
hayon & Gonzalez found on opening their
store that the safe was wide open. An eX-
animation was made and 5I34 was missing;
SIC in silver and several checks were left
untouched. The safe was opened by some
one who knew the combination. An in
vestigation will be made.
About the middle of July c. w. Wag-
goner, of Lakeland, put bud of the Villa
Franco variety on very small lemon tree
in his yard and now after only two months
the bud has grown to the height of feet,
the body of it large in proportion, with a
fork from which a heavy branch grows out,
and upon measuring one of the leaves it was
found 10 be 10 inches by 6A inches in
diameter. Mr.. Waggoner has never fer
tilted this tree.
On March 20 last Alfred B. Small, Of Live
Oak, was married to Miss Annie G. Cald-
well, of Jasper Not wishing to make the
marriage public till after being admitted TO
the bar, Mr.. Small kept it a secret until
last -'eek. After being admitted, he went
to the father of his bride and asked permis-
sion to marry her. When answered in the
affirmative, Mr.. Small informed him that
they were already married, he having is
sued his own license while Deputy Clerk at
that place.
A party of gentlemen living beyond Little
Hawk creek, on route for Seville one day
last week, were compelled on reaching the
creek to unhitch their horses and leave their
wagon, taking a row boat for pass ge and
swimming their horses in ''tow, in conse-
quence of the high water. This is an evil
dence of the need of q good bridge Plans
and specifications for a new bridge have
been made and will be presented to the
Board of County Commissioners at their
next session for action.
Lakeland Cracker: Lakeland has for
several weeks been without a barber and
there has been much complaint in conse-
quence, but such state of affairs could not
last for Monday morning that accOmmo-
dating gentlemen. Mr.. j. II. Williams, APP
peared like an angel of light, with pair of
scissors and comb, and soon had every one
shingled without money and without
price, who applied. eye local" was among
the fortunate ones, and hereby speaks for
all when he says that Mr.. Williams deserves
the heartfelt thanks of long-haired and
long suffering people.
The Y NJ c. A, of Jacksonville, in
tends giving, Saturday night, an enter
tainment for the boys of that city. They
intend that each boy between the ages Of
10 and Is shall receive ticket, which will
entitle him TO admission free, upon condi-
ton of good behavior General Secretary
Mitchell has arranged for the use of very
costly stereopticon, and will use it in his
first entertainment. These entertainments
will be changed each time. and will be
made instructive and interesting, the Oh
iect being to educate and train the youth
of Jacksonville in those things that will
elevate rather than degrade and destroy
them.